To: ShadowAce; Salo; SierraWasp
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
With Microsoft throwing that much money into Linux, it could be an ominous sign for Longhorn Server.
4 posted on
11/07/2006 7:25:06 PM PST by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
5 posted on
11/07/2006 8:33:33 PM PST by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Microsoft Expenses - afternoon of November 2, 2006:
| Press Conference |
$4378 |
| License fees to Novell |
$348,000,000 |
| Leverage against Linux |
Priceless |
7 posted on
11/08/2006 1:27:35 AM PST by
ThePythonicCow
(We are but Seekers of Truth, not the Source.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I know Microsoft has a bad history of screwing over partner companies. I also know Novell has a bad history of shooting itself in the foot with practically every business move.
Yet somehow I get a warm fuzzy on this deal.
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